National Republican., 1887-12-03

at the corner Of Ninth and q streets north
west, understands his art, does good work,
and charges fair prices. call that busi
ness, not blufling. What do you thinkp
III.
There is considerable cheap talk here and
there because Billy Ford has so much to
say about butterine. Some Of this cheap
read what b. +. writes. Thanks, awfully.
want to remark Just here that II you have
got this far in this letter you'll finish IT,
and I'll bet my head on 1t. And, IL you do,
you'll learn that b. +. talks of butterine
good deal for the reasons that he Is paid to
do so; and you'll find 1t will pay you to
buy 1t, because II is good and sstisfactor,
substitute for tho miserable butter some OF
you use; because there are thousands In
this city use 1t, like 1t, and know that every
word write Of It is true. w. G Ssribner
is the agent for 1t for this District He has
stalls at Nos. $40, $50, and 351 Center Mar
ket. 544 Northern Liberty Market, and 81
Eastern Market. These stalls are open
every day in the week, and butterine is
worth 20 cents pound for rolls and 25
cents for prints; and 1 may say something
else about 1t later II l have good luck.
Next!
happened to hear yesterday of a clear
case Of "sit down." There are times when
1t is just the proper thing to sit down on
some men and measures; tut 1t takes man
Of neive and Judgment to do 1t. Now the
facts as l heard them are these: George
Schroeder, by his indomitable energy and
wonderful business sagacity and tact, has
put several corporations on their feet, In.
troduced their inventions, and started
good many men on the road to fortune
No ones denies this. Those interested iJ
these companies are as well aware OF this a
any ybody-better, in fact. But there was "a
disposition on the part of certain individuals
to put the plumes in the heads of those
who are perhaps little better known TO
the world at large than Schroeder. When
1t came to the election OF officers there were
few feeble cries for prominent men. The
the inflated "Israelites" clamored for some
"big lpjun." Well, they didn't get him:
they didn't need him, and III they'd
known as much then as they do now
they didn't want him. AS matter
Of pure and simple truth the Adjustable
Horseshoe Company, the Perfection IIea'
and Light Company, the New Pump, Com
their existence and prosperity to the time.
brains, and work put into them by George
Schroeder; and let him withdrawn his active
interest from these companies, there would
be a tumble all tho official crutches couldn't
avert. At one Of the meetings tue other
DlBuI MT. OCuI OcutT mdue u lcN IeuliTk5-
some plain, blunt, homely truths, told In
bis forcible way-and the effect was that he
was elected president, as he ought to have
been. He sat down on the disgruntled ones,
and he sat down hard. That's right. And
l think 1t will pay those who have profted
by this mans counsel, energy, and foresight
to be slow to "tie themselves loose" or to
imagine that they can trlne with the ruling
power. 1t was Richelieu who limited that
he who made could unmake. Mr.. Schroe-
der's attitude was no bluff, but dead
earnest deal in facts-hard and stubborn.
V.
Walter Brown, OF stalls Nos. Gil and 6l2,
Center Market, Ninth street wing, offers
the following quotations for to-day: Roast
beef, 124 to 1S cents; sirloin steak, Is TO
20 cents: porter house steak, 20 to 25 cents;
corned beef and soup meat, @ to 12l cents
Southdown mutton, 10 to 1S cents; mutton
chops, 10 to 25 cents; lamb chops, 15 to 25
cents; roast lamb and veal, 10 to IS cents;
veal outlets, 25 cents. BILLY FORD.